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Althea A. Harris began her federal career in 1993 at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC under the late Secretary Ronald H. Brown where she traveled worldwide in support of small and medium-sized exporters. She also worked at the U.S. General Services Administration helping small business owners compete for federal contracts. In 1998, Harris accepted a job with Miami's SBA South Florida District in 1998. She has held several positions and now serves as the Assistant District Director for Marketing & Outreach for Area 1. Harris is also the Faith- & Community-Based Initiative Coordinator, the Women's Business Ownership Representative, and, the SBA's Women's Business Center Project Officer.
She is a graduate of Howard University and the University of Miami School of Law. She is active in her community serving as the Vice Chairman of a non-profit board dedicated to the economic revitalization of Miami's historic black community of Coconut Grove; a member of the Florida Bar's Grievance Committee; and Girl Scout leader.

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Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (CIG), known as CEMIG, is one of the largest integrated electric utilities in Brazil with more than 6,000 megawatts of installed generation capacity. Currently, the company is the fifth largest electricity generator in Brazil. Approximately 87% of the company's installed generation capacity is hydroelectric power. The company currently meets approximately two-thirds of its power needs from internal generation assets, and purchases the rest from third parties. CEMIG's customer base of more than 10 million residential, industrial, commercial, and rural customers is located primarily in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In addition to its integrated electricity business, CEMIG is also engaged in natural gas distribution and telecommunications. The state government of Minas Gerais is the company's largest shareholder with a 51% stake of the voting shares. Currently CEMIG has over 10 million consumers (82% residential, 1% industries, 9% commercial units, 6.6% rural properties and 1.4% others).
Demand for electricity in Brazil has been growing rapidly, due to the local economic recovery. Economic figures in 2005 were disappointing, with Brazilian gross domestic product (GDP) growth around 2.5%. Even so, CEMIG's electric power sales increased 4.5% totaling 39,614 GWh. In 2006, Brazilian economic figures were not that encouraging either, with a GDP growth of just 2.9%. However, total energy sold increased by 31.9% year-over-year thanks to the incorporation of Light into CEMIG's network. For 2007 Brazilian economic growth is expected to reach 5% and for 2008, at least 4.5%. During the first nine months of 2007, CEMIG's electricity sales increased by 12.1%. We expect the strong growth for electricity demand to continue.
The current economic growth in Brazil has been fueled by a more benign domestic monetary policy. The Brazilian Central Bank started to cut local interest rates in September 2005. Interest rates came from more than 19% to 11.25% now, and they are still very high if compared to other emerging markets.
Nevertheless, Brazilian Central Bank decided to stop to cut basic interest rates in the short term. After the August Bank meeting, an official report was released with strong comments on domestic inflation pressures. In October, it was decided to leave rates unchanged for the first time in two years. Even though the news was not encouraging, the outlook for Brazil for the medium-term remains promising. We believe that the continued improvement in the Brazilian economic environment will make Brazil reach investment grade within the next twelve months, thus leading to a multiple expansion for Brazilian stocks. We expect CIG to benefit from this development in the short term. In the following years, we expect Brazilian domestic rates to converge to international standards, providing a lasting effect of local demand for electricity.
According to ANEEL (the Brazilian National Agency for Electric Utilities), the demand for electricity in Brazil is expected to increase by 4.5% in average in the upcoming years. In its guidance for 2007-2012, CEMIG expects energy demand to increase 3.8% on average if Brazilian GDP growth reaches 3.5% per year during this period. We understand this is a very conservative assumption as we expect Brazilian economic growth to be within the 4% to 5% range for the next few years. Additionally, CEMIG expects the average generation price to increase 3.5%. Even considering those conservative estimates, the outlook for CEMIG and the Brazilian electric utility industry seems quite promising in the short-to-medium term.
There is room for continued growth in energy consumption in Latin America in the medium-to-long term. Per head consumption is around 1.600 KWH (Kilowatt per hour) in countries like Peru and Colombia, while countries like Brazil, Chile, and Argentina have a per head consumption rate of 2000 to 2,500 KWH. These totals lag behind European per head consumption of 5,000 KWH to 8,000 KWH and the U.S., which is above 13,000 KWH, as we can see in the graph below:
Due to CEMIG's geographical position in the important state of Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil, its aggressive expansion plan, increasing its presence among industrial customers all over the Southeast and South of Brazil, and its integrated nature (generating and distributing energy), CEMIG is one of the best-positioned companies in the Brazilian electric utility sector. Additionally, CEMIG is already expanding and preparing itself for the consolidation process that will take place in the Brazilian electricity business in the following years.
During the first quarter 2006, a consortium headed by CEMIG acquired almost 80% of Light (electricity distribution company in the State of Rio de Janeiro) paying US$320 million. Also during 2006 another consortium also headed by CEMIG acquired 5 transmission lines in Brazil owned by Schain Group in the amount of US$300 million. CEMIG has been doing many other investments to meet the continued increase in electricity demand in Brazil. During the first quarter 2007 CEMIG started the operation of the Capim Branco II plant, which added 44 MW of installed capacity into the company's network. Additionally, during the second quarter 2007 CEMIG started the operation of two new transmission lines in the State of Minas Gerais. Finally, CEMIG is still investing in its small hydro plant program (Minas PCH), particularly interesting is the Baguari project, a joint venture between CEMIG, Furnas and Neoenergia, with 140 MW of capacity. In March 2007 it was initiated the construction of Cachoeirao small hydro plant with a capacity of 27 MW which is expected to begin operating during the second quarter 2008. We are convinced that CIG needs to increase its generation capacity in order to reduce the purchase of energy from external sources, which are much more expensive than the company's own energy. Moreover, also during the first quarter 2007, the company energized two new transmission lines: Itutinga-Juiz de Fora and Irape-Aracuai, which will operate 345kV and 230 kV, respectively.
The Brazilian electric utility industry is still dominated by old fashioned state-owned companies. In such an environment, CEMIG was able to position itself as a leader in the consolidation process of the electricity industry in Brazil. However, this process is in the very beginning and it will take many years until the effects of this consolidation become apparent. Additionally, CEMIG has been expanding beyond Brazil. CEMIG is investing in Chile, with a local company (ALUSA), it formed a joint venture to explore a 20 years concession of Nueva Temuco, a total investment of US$ 60 million. According to management's long-term plan, generation is expected to increase from 30.4 TeraWatt-hours (TWh) in 2005 to 239.7 TWh in 2035, giving the company market share of roughly 19%. Finally, it is important to mention that during the second quarter 2007, CEMIG obtained the confirmation of renewal for 20 more years of the concessions for 9 hydroelectric plants with a total capacity of 1,735 MW.
The company posted very good numbers for the third quarter of 2007. The acquisition of Light is already adding significant value and the improvement in the Brazilian economic/business environment continues to benefit the electric utility industry. During the third quarter 2007, CEMIG posted higher revenues if compared to the same period 2006, thanks to increasing energy sales by volume coupled with a tariff adjustment of 7.05% in average from April 2007, and better-than-expected EBITDA and net income. As a result of those good numbers, we are increasing our 2007 and 2008 earnings estimates. For the following quarters we continue to expect good numbers due to the benign business environment in Brazil coupled with the April tariff adjustment and the growing electricity demand.
We believe that the continued increase in demand in Brazil, coupled with all the new investments will fuel earnings in the short-to-medium term. Moreover, during the first quarter of 2007, the Brazilian government announced an ambitious four-year US$235 billion infrastructure investment plan called PAC. A huge part of the investments will be directed to energy generation and energy distribution. The Brazilian domestic electric companies will receive some tax benefits to encourage new investments. We believe CIG will benefit from this plan in the following years.
Finally, we think that CEMIG still has an attractive valuation compared to other international electric utilities. We remain confident that demand for electricity will continue to increase in Brazil both in the short-term and in future years. Moreover, we are positive on the company's dividend policy, which includes half-year payments and a payout of 50% of the net income and the new economic plan should help continued generation and distribution investments in the following years. All considered, we are keeping our Buy recommendation on CEMIG.


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The Wake Forest PA Program curriculum is centered around inquiry-based, small-group, self-directed learning based on real patient medical problems. In inquiry-based learning (IBL), learners are progressively given more and more responsibility for their own education and become increasingly independent of the teacher for their education. IBL produces independent learners who can continue to learn on their own in life and in their chosen careers. The responsibility of the teacher in IBL is to provide the educational materials and guidance that facilitate learning. The remainder of this web page and the video directly below describe IBL in greater detail.
Real-world problems
In our IBL groups, learning is based on the messy, complex problems encountered in the real world as a stimulus for learning and for integrating and organizing learned information in ways that will ensure its recall and application to future problems. The problems in IBL are also designed to challenge learners to develop effective problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Benefits of IBL
Students benefit from IBL by:
The IBL process
In the IBL groups, students encounter a problem and attempt to solve it with information they already possess, allowing them to appreciate what they already know. They also identify what they need to learn to better understand the problem and how to resolve it.
Once they have worked with the problem as far as possible and identified what they need to learn, the learners engage in self-directed study to research the information needed by finding and using a variety of information resources (books, journals, reports, online information, and a variety of people with appropriate areas of expertise). In this way learning is personalized to the needs and learning styles of the individual.
The learners then return to the problem and apply what they learned to their work with the problem in order to more fully understand and resolve the problem. After they have finished their problem work, the learners assess themselves and each other to develop skills in self-assessment and the constructive assessment of peers. Self-assessment is a skill essential to effective independent learning.
The curriculum and IBL
The series of problems encountered by learners with this process make up the core pre-clinical curriculum. The problems are put together as a group to stimulate learning of content appropriate to the course. Via this process, learners characteristically learn far more in areas relevant to their personal needs.
The role of the IBL facilitator
The principle role of the facilitator in IBL is to guide the learners in the process. As learners become more proficient in the process, the facilitator becomes less active. This type of facilitation is a new skill for many teachers, and specific training is required.
The objectives of IBL are to produce learners who will:
The instructional method used at the Wake Forest School of Medicine Department of Physician Assistant Studies has a number of unique factors.
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1010.0 - ABS Workplace Diversity Action Plan, 2013-2017
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This, in turn, helps to ensure that we continue to provide a high quality statistical service.
The ABS recognises that valuing our employee diversity, and capitalising on the unique perspectives and talents this brings, encourages an innovative, productive and fulfilling workplace that will continue to attract and retain employees and make the ABS an employer of choice.
Through the ABS WDAP 2013-2017, we will continue to build an ongoing commitment to identifying and addressing barriers to employment opportunities that may be experienced by some people in our community and workforce. This WDAP sets out key strategies to further increase the diversity of our workforce and enable the ABS to remain competitive in the labour market.
Over the next four years, the ABS will focus on increasing the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees to 2.7 per cent of our total workforce (by 2015) and also improving our representation of employees with disability. This is in response to decreasing representation of these groups in the broader Australian Public Service (APS).
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2013-17. We all have a fundamental role to play in achieving the objectives of this WDAP and I encourage everyone to support the Plan in your day-to-day working practices. This will contribute to an environment and culture that promotes and supports diversity within the ABS.
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Los Angeles: Actor Liam Hemsworth reportedly wants a `clean break` from his fiancee Miley Cyrus.
The 23-year-old is said to be on the verge of ending their relationship soon following the 20-year-old pop star`s raunchy antics on stage at the recently held MTV Video Music Awards, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
A source told UsMagazine.com that Hemsworth is "just weeks away from calling it off permanently. He is over her and wants to make a clean break. No more back and forth."
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Joseph P. Rettger
Joseph P. Rettger, 91, of St Marys, died Oct. 4, 2013 in Ridgefield, Conn.He was born July 20, 1922 in St. Marys, son of Leo and Margaret Breindel Rettger, and one of 14 children. He graduated from St. Marys Central Catholic High School in 1940 and after serving in the Army during World War II, from Pennsylvania State University in 1950. After graduation, Joseph worked for RCA in Marion, Ind. and Lancaster, and later moved to Easton, and Phillipsburg, N.J. where he worked for Ingersoll Rand Corporation for many years, and retired from in 1978. Mr. Rettger was a longtime resident of Pomfret, Conn. and Woodstock, Conn. before and following his retirement. Joseph was an avid bridge player, enjoyed playing softball and bowling, and was a member of the Elks. In retirement, Mr. Rettger enjoyed playing golf, traveling, doing volunteer work at Day-Kimball Hospital, assisting his wife with her quilt-making, and caring for and playing with his grandchildren, and his dog Rocky. He was very proud of the educational and professional successes of his children and grandchildren.He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Anne Mucich Rettger; a sister, Agnes Buchheit of St. Marys; a brother, Paul of Pittsburgh; his children, Catherine and her husband John Azzone of Athens, N.Y., Michael Rettger and his wife Terry of Ridgefield, Conn., Joan and her husband David Fortin of Woodstock, Conn., Philip Rettger and his wife Diane Bell of Moraga, Calif., Mary Beth Rettger and her husband Roy Lurie of Natick, Mass.; as well as nine grandchildren; two great;grandchildren, and brothers-in-law Frank Mucich of Catskill, N.Y. and John Dunn, of Hillsdale, N.Y. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters, Sr. Eileen OSB, Margaret, Gertrude Brechtel, Theresa Knouse, and Marie in childhood; and brothers Vincent, Fr. Emmeran OSB, George, Charles, Leo, and Benedict. Memorial services will take place in Athens, N.Y. at a date to be announced. Burial will be at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Catskill, N.Y. Donations may be made to St. Joseph Monastery, 303 Church St., St Marys, or to the Alzheimer's Association.Kane Funeral Home, 25 Catoonah St., Ridgefield, Conn. is in charge of arrangements.


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Specialized treatment for chronic or non-healing wounds. Vacuum-Assisted Closure was developed by Wake Forest Baptist physicians.
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What are the symptoms of shoulder osteoarthritis?
Symptoms may include:
- Pain while moving the shoulder or after physical activity, or pain that worsens with changes in the weather
- Tenderness when pressure is applied on the shoulder
- Loss of flexibility and difficulty doing routine activities, such as combing your hair, or reaching up to a shelf
- Stiffness, especially after periods of inactivity (such as sleeping)
- A clicking or cricking noise when moving the shoulder
How is osteoarthritis of the shoulder treated?
Your doctor will recommend therapies to help relieve your pain. Your doctor may tell you to:
- Rest your shoulder or avoid activities that make your pain worse.
- Put ice on your shoulder for 20 to 30 minutes a few times a day to reduce inflammation and ease the pain.
- Take an over-the-counter medicine, such as acetaminophen (one brand: Tylenol) or ibuprofen (one brand: Motrin).
- Do physical therapy or certain exercises to help strengthen the muscles around the joint.
If your pain is severe, your doctor may give you a shot of a corticosteroid (a drug that helps relieve pain and inflammation) in your shoulder or prescribe a stronger pain medicine.
If none of these treatments work, you may need surgery. The kind of surgery you have will depend on your age and how severe your osteoarthritis is.
Tips to Help You Feel Better
- Limit vigorous activities, such as heavy lifting.
- Don't wait for your pain to get worse before treating it.
- Ice your shoulder for 20 to 30 minutes, several times a day.
- Use over-the-counter pain creams and pain medicine, as recommended by your doctor.
- Shoulder Osteoarthritis: Diagnosis and Management by Peter J. Millett, MD, Reuben Gobezie, MD, and Robert E. Boykin, MD( 09/01/08)
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This information provides a general overview and may not apply to everyone. Talk to your family doctor to find out if this information applies to you and to get more information on this subject.


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czap, szap, tzap
The three programs czap, szap and tzap perform tuning operations (frequently referred to as zapping, thus the name) for DVB-C, DVB-S and DVB-T respectively. They require a configuration file created by scan (or dvbscan). See the scan documentation for details.
The following examples show the use of tzap; somebody with access to DVB-C or DVB-S should check whether they work with those media or not; I'm assuming they do.
Currently, tzap does not have any documentation. About the only thing that you can do is to run it without any parameters. tzap then displays usage information that is almost enough for experts:
tzap [options] <channel_name> zap to channel channel_name (case insensitive) -a number : use given adapter (default 0) -f number : use given frontend (default 0) -d number : use given demux (default 0) -c file : read channels list from 'file' -x : exit after tuning -r : set up /dev/dvb/adapterX/dvr0 for TS recording -s : only print summary -S : run silently (no output) -F : set up frontend only, don't touch demux -t number : timeout (seconds) -o file : output filename (use -o - for stdout) -h -? : display this help and exit
Note that tzap does not take file system device names; instead, it cobbles them together from the adaptor, front end and demux numbers. If you only have one tuner, you don't need to worry about this detail.
The following sections show typical usage.
Tuning to a programme
To simply tune to a programme, find its name in the .tzap/channels.conf file. The contents look something like this:
NINE Digital: ... NINE HD: ... TEN Digital: ...
See the scan documentation for more details of what the omitted fields mean. Here we're interested in the first field. To tune NINE HD, you run:
$ tzap -r 'nine hd' using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' reading channels from file '/root/.tzap/channels.conf' tuning to 191625000 Hz video pid 0x0201, audio pid 0x028b status 00 | signal 933f | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 1f | signal a70f | snr d0d0 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal aadf | snr cccc | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
You need to put the channel name in single or double quotes if it contains spaces; on the other hand, you don't have to match case.
The first four lines show what tzap is doing; they should reflect the corresponding fields in the channels.conf file. The first line of interest starts with "status 00". This shows that the tuner card has been intialized, but no signal has been decoded. The next line shows correct tuning. It repeats with up-to-date information every second.
The information on this line is:
- status: Current status, should be 1f (document me better!)
- signal: Signal strength. The values shown here can vary from card to card, so if yours appears abnormally high or low, it probably means you're using a different card. In general, though, higher values mean better signal.
- snr: The signal to noise ratio. This is more important than the signal strength. Many cards really only supply 8 bits of data (2 digits); the other two may be 00 or repeat the first two, as in this example.
- ber: The bit error rate. This should be as low as possible, preferably 0.
- unc: Uncorrected block errors. This should be 0 for a good signal; if it isn't, you'll have defects in the output stream.
- FE_HAS_LOCK: This indicates that the tuner has tuned ("locked") into the stream.
Recording a programme
There are two ways to record a programme. tzap can copy the data directly to a file:
tzap -o foo 'SBS digital 1'
This variant tunes to SBS digital 1 and then copies the stream to the file foo. It continues until you stop the tzap process.
Alternatively, you can make the MPEG stream available via one of the DVB adaptor devices, typically /dev/dvb/adaptor0/dvr0. For this, you need to specify at least the -r option. If you have more than one tuner and want a different device, for example /dev/dvb/adaptor3/dvr0, use the option '-a 3' as well. You will also probably want to use the -S option to stop the status output every second.
tzap -r -a 3 -S 'SBS digital 1'
You can then copy the stream to a file or view it with mplayer, for example:
cp /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 foo
mplayer /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
Exiting after tuning
The -x option tells tzap to exit once it has tuned the tuner. This is only of interest if you don't want to do anything more; when tzap exits, the connection to the tuner also goes away.
For tuning dvb-s channels szap currently does not have an lnb type defined that will work with standard Ku LO: 10750 lnbs such as are commonly used in North America. Download the source for dvb-apps and in util/lib/lnb.c edit the standard_desc from 10000 to 10750. There are two spots to edit. One at about line 20 and again at about line 38. You'll probably want to do the same for util/scan/lnb.c. Run make and the newly compiled versions will now tune channels using your 10750 Ku lnb or lnbf.
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Tuesday , May 15, 2018 - 10:00 PM
February 5, 1951 ~ May 13, 2018
Frank C. Rypien (67) passed away in the early morning of Mother's Day, May 13, 2018, in Layton, UT, four years after being diagnosed with cancer. Frank died as he wished to--at home. Cancer may have taken his body in the end, but it never conquered his fighting spirit.
Frank Rypien was born on February 5, 1951. After receiving his GED, he joined the Navy. He served on both the USS Enterprise and the USS Constellation.
He married Tracy Vance on November 9, 1974. They were married for 22 years.
After his time in the Navy, Frank worked as a machinist by trade. He loved his work. Even after being diagnosed with cancer, he continued to work for another two years. He also loved fixing things and could fix just about anything. He loved Harley Davidson motorcycles, model airplanes, camping, hunting, fishing, and cars. He was also a great collector of treasures.
He is survived by his daughter, Rachelle (Michael) Walker and his son, Harley (Gerri) Rypien. He is also survived by his wonderful mother, Shirley Rypien and his siblings: Susan Rypien, Joy (Michael) Anderson, and Michael Rypien. Frank had four grandchildren that he was very proud of: Ethan Walker, Nikki Rypien, Addison Walker and Emmerson Walker.
Services will be held Friday, May 18, 2018, at 11 a.m. at the North Park Ward LDS Chapel, 202 West 1675 North in Layton UT. Viewing will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. prior to the funeral services. Interment will follow at the Ogden City Cemetery, 1875 Monroe Blvd in Ogden, Utah where Military Honors will be accorded.
In lieu of flowers, donations to help cover final and funeral expenses would be greatly appreciated.
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Sooners Rally for 19th Straight
Feb. 17, 2009
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Sherri Coale believes a big comeback two months ago continues to help her No. 2 Oklahoma team continue to roll.
The Sooners rallied from nine points down Tuesday night to beat Texas Tech 80-72 and remain undefeated in Big 12 play.
In mid-December Oklahoma trailed by 26 in the second half against then-No. 9 California and ended up winning.
"I think we built a reservoir of toughness and perseverance when we were out in California earlier in the year," Coale said. "I think we draw from it every time we're behind. I think that's where that sense of calm comes from."
Courtney Paris scored 23 points and grabbed 20 rebounds, marking the 11th time in her career she's gotten over 20 points and rebounds in a game.
The Sooners (23-2, 11-0 Big 12) trailed 63-54 with 8:08 left before going on a 16-2 run over the next 4 1/2 minutes to take a 70-65 lead with 3:51 left. They held on for the victory marking the best record in school history through 25 games.
Ashley Paris added 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Sooners, whose winning streak matches the best in program history set during the 2006 season.
Jordan Murphree scored a career-high 25 points for the Lady Raiders (14-11, 4-7).
"Nothing comes easy in the Big 12 conference," Coale said. "Jordan Murphree was unstoppable. We never did figure out a way to stop her. Her shooting was off the charts."
Oklahoma trailed by four at the half before Texas Tech opened up its nine-point lead. Murphree scored seven straight points, including a 3-pointer, that gave the Lady Raiders their 63-54 advantage.
The Sooners rallied behind the Paris sisters. They combined for 12 points during the decisive spurt, including going 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
"The thing is people always say how poor of a free-throw shooter Courtney (Paris) is but I would like someone to go back to the books and see how she is in clutch play," Coale said. "She has the uncanny ability to be huge in that situation and convert for us. She did it again today. She was a big factor of the second-half."
Ashley Paris' free throw with 5 minutes left gave Oklahoma a 66-65 advantage -- its first lead since midway through the first half.
Texas Tech was able to get within four points twice in the final 1:33, but Oklahoma made all six of its free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.
"I thought we had some poor possessions," Texas Tech coach Kristy Curry said. "We had some shots roll out and some poor shot selection. We got pushed underneath and lost some key offensive rebounds but everyone gets pushed underneath. You have to credit Oklahoma and how they played down the stretch."


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Welcome to the end. We spent a couple of days doing essentially nothing other than packing and cleaning up the lab. I'm starting to get a little antsy being on station with essentially nothing to do. It suddenly becomes very apparent that you currently exist in a place that you really shouldn't exist in. People are on Antarctica because of science. Being down here without doing science and being down here without the purpose of helping to facilitate science suddenly makes you feel rather silly for continuing to be down here at all. Originally, I was scheduled to fly out of Antarctica on the 18th. But, if there is one thing that becomes blatantly clear rather quickly down here, it's that the weather is unpredictable, and so are the flights.
First, our flight switched from leaving on the 18th to hearing that the plane was actually leaving Christchurch on the night of the 18th, which meant we wouldn't fly out on that plane until the morning (or middle of the night) on the 19th. The 19th is today. Since that development, there's been a 24 weather delay, I've been scheduled to fly out on an air bus with a 4:00 am transport time, switched to fly out on a Herc (also known as a Hercules or LC-130) with a 7:00 am transport time, and then bumped from that flight to be placed on the manifest for the airbus with a 4:00 am transport on the 20th. Welcome to travel in Antarctica. Oh, something else to consider. There is an air bus flight scheduled for tomorrow (the 20th), one more flight scheduled for the day after that (the 21st), and then there will be no more flights off the continent until after Christmas, on the 27th. Happy Holidays.
Markus left 9 days ago (and yet it feels like it's been so much longer), Rachel got out yesterday, and Jo and Allyson left on the Herc today (or at least I think they successfully left), and John and I have been rescheduled to leave tomorrow. Thus, I continue to wait, in transition. Not quite fully on the continent, and most definitely not quite back home, I wait.
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A lot of folks worldwide have been questioning the wisdom of the International Olympic Committee's decision for Sochi, Russia, to host the 20th Winter Olympics — and for good reason.
A lot of folks worldwide have been questioning the wisdom of the International Olympic Committee's decision for Sochi, Russia, to host the 20th Winter Olympics — and for good reason.
Sadly, the athletics in the Sochi games have been overshadowed by a number of peculiarities and controversies that have nothing to do with the athletes or the judges. From threats of potential terrorism, to Russia's anti-gay policies, to the handling of the city's stray dog problem to the less-than-stellar selection of accommodations available in the city in the volatile Russian region, most of the attention prior to the games has focused on concerns other than what's happening on the slopes or the ice.
In fact, for reasons unclear, whether it's Russia's rather unwelcoming attitude toward outsiders, security concerns related to this year's games in Sochi — or maybe a combination of both — one of the SouthCoast's own religious leaders who has become a fixture as a chaplain at the Olympics, the Rev. Robert Lawrence, will not be part of the clergy corps at this year's games. Apparently, spiritual leadership — and most other responsibilities at the Sochi games — will not be going to many non-Russians this year. That's not exactly in keeping with the spirit of the Olympics to break down the barriers that divide us.
But with the Olympic games now underway, let's focus on the positives. After all, the Olympics have always been a time for the world to come together, put our differences aside, and celebrate the talents of our athletes from around the globe. In the snowy and icy bleak New England winter, why not celebrate the sporting opportunities that this season brings and cheer on Team USA?
To that end, Taunton has one of our own athletes competing in the Olympics this year. Michelle Picard is a member of the Team USA women's hockey team. Competing in the Olympics is an opportunity most athletes only dream of. Picard and Team USA will play their next game against Switzerland on Monday at 5 a.m. Eastern Time. Whether or not she and Team USA bring home the gold, we certainly have reason to be proud.
Another great part of the Olympics is the exposure to a wide variety of winter sports that may not typically get a lot of attention, like curling. The Olympic sport is common in Canada, but has started to gain some traction here in the U.S. since the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. There are now three New England curling clubs — locally in Bridgewater and Providence, with another up in the White Mountains, in Conway, N.H. The club expects to see a post-Olympics boost in interest.
So whether you decide to try your hand at curling, or just curl up on the couch to watch your favorite winter sport — or perhaps just those more unusual sports that pique your curiosity — let's all try to put aside the Sochi-related controversies and enjoy the spirit of the Olympics.


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Even though air seems like nothing, it really is something. Gases like air, even though they are not visible to our eyes, are made up of molecules just like solid objects. These molecules are pulled toward the earth by gravity.
Earth is surrounded by a layer of air that is heavy. That layer of air exerts pressure on the surface of the earth, a lot of pressure. Our bodies are used to it so it doesn't bother us. In fact, we are so used to it that what bothers us is when the air pressure is gone.
The higher you go in the atmosphere, the less air pressure there is because the "thickness" of the air is less the higher you go. That's why airplanes have "pressurized" cabins. We can't survive in too little air pressure.
Today's experiment will demonstrate just how strong air pressure is.
What You Need:
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- Straw
Take a straw and try to push it into an apple. Hard isn't it? The straw bends. Now put your thumb over one end of the straw while you try to push the other end into the apple. Now what happens?
When you try to push the straw into the apple the air molecules in the straw are squished closer together. If your thumb is not over the opposite end of the straw the air molecules just spill out the end. However, if your thumb IS over the opposite end of the straw the air molecules are trapped. All those packed together molecules make the straw stay stiff so that it can push into the apple. The straw seems empty, but it isn't, it is full of air molecules.
Here are some websites and books that will help you undertand air pressure:
- National Weather Service: Air Pressure
- Physical Geography: Introduction to the Atmosphere
Words to Know:
Air Pressure – The force exerted by the weight of air. Air pressure is the weight of the earth's atmosphere as it sits on the earth's surface.Print This Post


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The Southwest Division-leading San Antonio Spurs own the best home record in the NBA, and that doesn't seem likely to change against their next opponent.
The Phoenix Suns, however, are finding a spark under new coach Lindsey Hunter.
While it's unclear if coach Gregg Popovich and forward Tim Duncan will return, the Spurs go for a 16th straight home win Saturday night when they face the Suns for the first time this season.
San Antonio (35-11) is a league-best 19-2 at home, winning 15 in a row since a 92-87 defeat to the Los Angeles Clippers on Nov. 19. It's the Spurs' longest winning streak at AT&T Center since reeling off a franchise-record 22 straight in 2010-11.
Their current dominance includes averaging 107.1 points while limiting opponents to 42.9 percent from the floor -- 30.9 from behind the arc.
Lately, the venue hasn't mattered with San Antonio putting together a season high-tying seven-game winning streak following Friday's 113-107 victory at Dallas. It was the second consecutive game the Spurs played without Popovich (illness) and Duncan (knee).
The Spurs were also down Tony Parker for nearly a quarter Friday after he required three stitches to close a cut above his eye. He returned to finish with 23 points and 10 assists.
"I think this group has shown that ability to if somebody is down then somebody else is going to step up," said Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer. "They all have a lot of confidence, and they know we have confidence in them."
DeJuan Blair should have plenty of confidence after scoring a season-high 22 points against the Mavericks, picking up the slack in Duncan's absence again.
Duncan, though, averages 23.0 points and 12.1 rebounds in 28 career home meetings with Phoenix (15-28).
A visit from the Suns would only appear to help keep the Spurs rolling. They've averaged 109.2 points during six straight regular-season home wins in the series since a loss on Oct. 29, 2008.
Phoenix, though, is entering this meeting in search of a third straight victory since Hunter surprisingly replaced Alvin Gentry on the bench Sunday following a woeful 2-13 stretch.
"When you change a coach, you always get a little bit of a reaction from everybody," forward Luis Scola said. "Everybody wants to play a little bit harder and everybody wants to do a little bit more. This is just a critical situation and everybody gives a little bit more of themselves."
Hunter's insistence on improved defensive play seems to be partly responsible. The Suns won his debut 106-96 at Sacramento on Wednesday, and followed that up the next day by holding the Pacific Division-leading Clippers to 39.8 percent shooting in a 93-88 victory.
"Our focus is to create a defensive mentality, to create a defensive presence," Hunter said. "Our guys are working hard to do it. It's a difficult thing to just change like that. To see every last guy really buying into it and realizing that regardless of how you shoot the ball, if you can defend you always have a chance to win a game, and our guys have been phenomenal in that area."
Goran Dragic, Phoenix's leader with 14.2 points and 6.2 assists per game, seems to be adjusting just fine under Hunter. He had 24 points and eight assists Thursday after dishing out 11 against the Kings.
The guard, though, is averaging 3.3 points and 2.8 assists in six visits to San Antonio.
Sebastian Telfair had no points in 14 minutes against Los Angeles, but he may see an increased role since he's totaled 41 in the past two meetings with the Spurs.
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Sunday, August 16
Cardboard Lacing Tubes
We use a children's sewing needle and yarn. I cut and wrapped the yarn around clothespins to keep it from getting tangled in the basket. The yarn is unwound and the needle is threaded.
The needle goes through one hole and a "tail" is left out for tying at the end.
After all the holes have been used the leftover string is tied and can be trimmed.
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- My Child's Diary said...
What a creative version of the sewing activity! Thank you for sharing! What do you do with the tube when the work is done?
Also, I've been meaning to ask you for a while - where, if at all, may I view the previous versions of your beautiful nature table? Thank you, Miri
- August 16, 2009
- Amber said...
What a great idea :) I think we might try some - your activities are always so inviting & beautifully presented. Thanks for sharing.
p.s. I'm really reaping the benefits of thinking about the concept of counterwill - it's amazing how just being conscious of something can change the whole energy of a household!
- August 16, 2009
- Gypsy said...
I love your blog, and I love your ideas. Definately going to try these! Do you have a whole bunch that does single holes - or did you unravel the paper roll first?
- August 17, 2009
- Patty said...
I love this activity-thank you for sharing it. Amazing how a little color makes the humble toilet paper tube so much more interesting!
- August 17, 2009
- Amy said...
Miri- I don't have past nature table pics saved anywhere on the blog, but may put them on flicker soon. Gypsy-I used a single hole punch without unraveling the roll. =)
- August 17, 2009
- Heather Brandt said...
Where did you get the sewing needle?
heatherlbrandt (at)verizon (dot) net
- August 18, 2009
- SmartPumpkin'sMom said...
I can't wait to try this one with my daughter! Very excited!
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- FuNkY MoMmY said...
Love it!!!
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- angel bug baby said...
This is an awesome idea! I'm definitely making some of these for my little one!!
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Gov. Fallin greets Pennsylvania Congressman Bill Shuster while Oklahoma Congressman John Sullivan looks on. The congressmen were in Oklahoma City to observe progress on the deconstruction of the old Interstate 40 Crosstown.
Construction crews work to tear down the old Interstate 40 Crosstown in Oklahoma City. As part of the governor's Bridge Improvement and Turnpike Modernization Plan, many of the steel beams from the Crosstown will be recycled and given to counties for their use to repair or replace deficient bridges.
From left to right, ODOT Director and Secretary of Transportation Gary Ridley, Oklahoma 1st District Congressman John Sullivan, Oklahoma Transportation Commission Chairman Greg Love, Congressman Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania, Gov. Fallin and Oklahoma 5th District Congressman James Lankford.
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Ish: How A Suffix Became A Word
The canonical use of -ish is as a suffix meaning "approximately," as in bluish, tallish, sixish, or even hungry-ish. This is the definition—the only definition—that you'll find in Merriam-Webster, which notes that -ish derives from the Old English -isc, of Germanic origin, which in turn is related to similar such suffixes in Dutch (-isch) and Greek (-iskos).
For centuries now, -ish has been rather promiscuous in English, attaching to a wide variety of words and even phrases. Take the following architectural observation, cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, from an 1894 article in The Daily News, a now-defunct London newspaper (of which Charles Dickens was briefly the editor!):
Some huge pile of building, generally much more Queen Anne-ish than the houses of Queen Anne's own time.
As a word by itself—which is to say, not as a suffix—ish means more or less the same thing: kind of, thereabouts, in a way. And imagining how it broke free to become syntactically stand-alone isn't hard. The word "hungry-ish," say—as in, I guess I could eat. I'm hungry-ish.—often comes out more like "hungry [brief pause] ish." From there it's a short leap to:
Are you hungry?
Yeah, ish.
But while it's quite common for new words to be formed by adding prefixes or suffixes (editorialize from editor, anti-nuclear from nuclear), or even by re-casting a portion of a word that hadn't before been thought of as an affix (snowmageddon based on armageddon, chocoholic based on alcoholic), it's exceedingly uncommon to form a new word by keeping the suffix and discarding the rest. But that's exactly what ish did, a process that Mr. Verb, a blogger who writes about language and linguistics, calls degrammaticalization.
In fact, ish is atypical even among its uncommon cohorts, such as ism and ology, which both refer to a general class to which the more specific exemplars belong. In other words, nationalism and communism are kinds of isms. Zoology and biology are kinds of ologies. But are hungry-ish and tired-ish kinds of ishes? Not exactly.
Instead, as described by the linguist Stefanie Kuzmack, ish refers back to a particular idea, often in the form of an adjective, that was previously mentioned. You could repeat the idea, but you don't have to:
Would you say that movie had a happy ending? Yeah, ish. [happy-ish]
Is everyone excited? I am—ish. [excited-ish]
Will the weather be nice tomorrow? I think so, ish. [nice-ish]
And ish doesn't even need to be near the word that it refers to. For example, in the following sentence ish modifies "hobbies," not "skating":
My hobbies include painting, photography, documentary film, and skating(ish). [meaning skating is hobby-ish]
This freestanding ish feels relatively new, but is it really new, or only new-ish?
The earliest citation in the OED is from a 1986 review of So Long on Lonely Street, by the American playwright Sandra Deer, which John Peter—then chief drama critic of The Sunday Times in England—called, "… one of those neatly crafted middle-brow plays which, because they have a pleasantly happy ending (well, ish), might make people think that they've been handed a soft option. Not at all."
In the 1990s, ish makes an appearance in several novels by English and Irish-born writers, including Cycle of Violence by Colin Bateman, who employs ish as a single-word answer to a question in a bit of dialogue:
'Davie Morrow. Trust Davie Morrow.'
'You know him?'
'Ish. He's a regular across the road. Thick as shite, like, but as liable to give you a hidin' as look at you.'
There aren't any examples on this side of the pond until 2002, when the New York Times quoted Jeremy Langmead—a Brit!—who had just been named editor of the "obsessively stylish London-based magazine Wallpaper":
And so it is fair to ask: Does he have a Wallpaper apartment?
Mr. Langmead, speaking by telephone from London, hesitated. 'Ish,' he said, employing the international shorthand for slight hedge. His East London home, then, is obsessive-ish.
Note that the Times seemed to believe back then that the word required an explanation, probably because it did. In fact, it was shortly after, in 2003, that ish began to really take off. That's the year it pops up for the first time on Urban Dictionary.
But ish isn't universally acknowledged yet. Merriam-Webster, Random House, and whatever dictionary Google is drawing on contain only the suffix version, and my spellcheck is still underlining it in red. Of course, even when a word is a decade or two old, it can be slow to take root in the reference books, some of which are notoriously reluctant to add what sounds like slang. But there's no doubt that what may have originated as a Britishism is now firmly fixed in American English too. To not include it in our dictionaries is to pretend that it's not a word. Which means that, with respect to ish at least, we're so early '80s. Ish.


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If the current open source practices and rules don't entirely cover all real life needs from a developer or consumer standpoint, a new and refreshing alternative adds up to the way how software gets created, unleashing exciting new possibilities:
Sponsorware - sponsored free software , a redefined concept as proposed by sponsorware.org
As the software creation is mostly bi-polar, split into either free or commercial, this may be just the missing piece that can boost the creation of software by stimulating a certain category of programmers who currently can't afford to spend their time producing open source, yet would be enticed to do that for a small revenue.
Since shareware by default is commercial and adware tends to be synonymous with spyware, the sponsorware concept and its proposed rules seek to be simple and efficient. Technically, a group of potential consumers may support and stimulate the creation of a program of their choice by making small donations that can pay the efforts of a programming team. The result will be, however, entirely free software.
By generalizing such a practice, the developers will only have to focus on development instead of marketing their views to seek ways to get support for their creation. Sponsorware can become a distinct way of creating free software for the general consumer or software that specifically targets certain categories of users like professional associations from non-IT related fields like medical, accountings, law, social work, science, educational etc.
As an example, in a real life situation it is technically possible that such a professional association would support the creation of a particular software that would handle a large spectrum of functions needed in their particular field, and by making the software freely available it would make it easier to standardize and unify the work in their branch and allow for easier data exchange.
As for the general consumer the efficiency and usefulness of sponsorware would be in targeting global needs, let's take spam blocking for example. Small donations from such users could quickly constitute into an incentive pool that would entice volunteer programmers to pursue the development of a freeware solution. By doing that, the small group of users that sponsored the solution would have practically sponsored the world with free software.
Hence the difference between the traditional way of creating and releasing open source, and the new sponsorware concept proposed by sponsorware.org: in the traditional way, the software is mostly started from a programmer's initiative, and the creation is entirely up to the programmers, whereas in the sponsorware approach, the consumer will "dictate" and support the free software creation, based on real needs expressed by multiple consumers before the product is made.


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Last July, I posted about a way to run a batch multiple times when you use GO as the batch separator. I usually take advantage of this technique when I am loading test data into a table.
I was mentioning this feature to my class last week in Minneapolis, and one of the students thought that this feature had another use. He thought it would be great to use it to simulate load testing. One connection could execute a procedure and terminate the batch with GO 100 and another connection could be started that did the same thing. You could open up multiple query windows using Management Studio (or Query Analyzer) and have each one run a procedure, or even a statement, over and over again. You could also have different connections run different stored procedures or statements. This will allow you to detect problems with concurrency, which most query tuning techniques do not take into account.
In the past, I had recommended using the Replay feature of SQL Server Profiler to simulate a "poor man's load testing" environment, but this great idea would make it even easier!
Of course, for the rich (wo)man, there is also very nice load testing software available. Whether rich or poor, it's crucial to make sure you test your queries and procedures with multiple users.
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Hi Kalen,
I created SQLQueryStress to solve this problem...
Thanks for the link!
This idea isn't even really for stress testing, but really just for concurrency testing. Nothing to download, nothing new to install and configure... just run the same query multiple times to see if you can deal with concurrent access.
Actually, to put in my two cents (and I'm a nosy person anyway), I consider one of the prime objectives of stress testing is to discover concurrency issues. Adam? Would you agree?
James: Absolutely!
Great Tool!
I found the old version 0.9.4 is more stable.
The new version 0.9.7 sometimes hang and cause CPU 100%.


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From Alice James to Zoland Books, the annual Showcase exhibit includes over a thousand new books from commercial, university and independent presses. Discover new poets and new publishers. Select your reading for the year. Immerse yourself in the thousand voices of American poetry.
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Marc Hempel (Sandman, Tug & Buster)
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Style for your biotech brand
Consistency of launch imagery and key messages is guaranteed when strategic partners use a style guide and a brand manual
One of the first actions taken by our editors when beginning work on a launch is to develop a style guide. Does the brand manager prefer "Web site" or "website"? Is it "Phase III" or "phase 3"? "Endpoint" or "end point"? You get the idea. The style guide is where we document these preferences.
Pre-launch is a hectic time, with a million details to iron out and a thousand things to do. Labeling, name, and logo are proposed. Key messages are crafted and tested. Edits and revisions are the norm. Who can remember whether the biotech brand manager wants the new product's URL to include just uppercase or lowercase letters, or a combination of both?
A good style guide answers all the questions pertaining to the words used in your promotional materials. This document ensures that the language used in the call to action is consistent across the various pieces (ie, sales aid, direct mail, journal ad, pharmacy letter, or website).
A style guide provides quick access to such things as the correct spelling of bacterial organisms, ISI for HCPs and patients, an always growing list of styled reference citations, and a special notes section that highlights unique features of your brand. It gives the reader the drug's generic name, company contact information, and the latest changes to the brand's style.
Once your brand's campaign and key messages are approved, it's time to capture all this information in a brand manual.
While the style guide describes how your brand sounds, the brand manual illustrates how your brand looks.
A good brand manual will offer plenty of examples for each of these 6 categories:
1. Brand Colors
2. Logo
3. Incorrect Logo Usage
4. Fonts
5. Imagery
6. Supporting Art Files
Do you have strategic partners? Want to ensure consistency in your promotional materials?
Distribute an electronic version of the brand manual to each of your partners and insist on its usage. Some clients also host a conference call to review the contents of the brand manual with all the partners. The objective is to set forth the "rule book" and have the strategic partners play by the rules to ensure consistent communications in all promotional materials.
Remember to give your biotech brand the style it needs for a successful launch by sharing the style guide and the brand manual with your strategic partners.>> Click here to return to Brand Incites blog page


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Until our hiking trip through southern Utah a few summers ago, I disliked driving. Previous to that summer, my long distance automotive experiences had been heavy with interstate hauls through billboard jungles and carpool driving that racked up almost as many miles but with more predictable signage. Bo-ring.
Utah's mesmerizing Highway 12 changed all that for me. And a couple of years later as we zipped up SR 17 and Highway 89 toward Flagstaff, and eventually, the Grand Canyon and Page, Arizona, time once again lost shape and substance.
As the landscape shifted from a flattened desert dotted by saguaros, prickly pear cacti and ocotillo plants into the more vegetated Verde Basin and then to the exposed sedimentary rock of the Colorado Plateau, my mind decelerated, simply absorbing the transitions.
I found my pause button.
Photo ops diminished as the landscape shifted from vast expanses to don't blink cuts through mountain passes, but I imprinted enough beauty in my brain to make it a lasting memory—and began savoring the simple pleasure of driving from here to there.
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Poor fella can't get to the shampoo on his own... http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-638406?hpt=hp_bn1
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Podcast: Global Action Week promotes early childhood education
Early childhood care and education a cornerstone of every childs development is one of the most neglected Education For All goals, and is unlikely to be achieved by 2015. This year, during Global Action Week, from 22-28 April, advocates are calling on world leaders to ensure that early childhood care and education takes place right from the start for every child.
Podcast moderator Kathryn Herzog spoke with Jack P. Shonkoff, MD, Director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, and Chloe OGara, Program Officer for the Hewlett Foundations Global Development and Population Program, about the importance of early childhood care and education and the issues around early learning.
Positive experiences promote effective learning
According to Dr. Shonkoff, neuroscience suggests that stronger returns on investment could come from programs that not only provide rich learning experiences for children but that also build the capacity of parents and other caregivers to protect young children from the consequences of toxic stress.
The circuits in the brain are very vulnerable to toxic stress, so even in the presence of good education later, children will not achieve as much as they would have if theyre not protected from this adversity early in their life, said Dr. Shonkoff.
More investment needed in early childhood care and education
Giving children a good start not only tackles the cycle of poverty transmitted across generations but also breaks through gender stereotypes by enforcing positive gender socialization at a very young age. Evidence shows that parents attitudes toward their girls shift as they witness them develop a wider variety of social and intellectual capacities in an early age. Furthermore, early childhood care and education programs are extremely effective at getting and keeping girls in school.
Yet, these programs are underfunded. According to Dr. OGara, there is an immediate need for joint investments from diverse sectors. Africa invests less than 1 per cent of its public education resources in early childhood education, Latin America 9 per cent, and 10 per cent in Western Europe. There is a lot of room for growth in awareness and investment in early childhood care and education, particularly for children who benefit the most the least advantaged children, said Dr. OGara.
Empowering families and communities
Both guests stressed the importance of enabling families and communities, especially those in low-income countries, to provide early childhood care and learning opportunities.
Children that come from illiterate households dont know what to expect, and neither do their families, so we can help them have a better success rate in the early years of school, which are years when failure is highest, said Dr. OGara.
According to Dr. Shonkoff, evidence shows that the best return on investment comes from programs that not only provide a rich environment for children but that also build the capacity of their parents both through information and practical advice about child development issues and through helping them protect their children from the effects of toxic stress.
This is not just about stimulating minds. This is about protecting brains, concluded Dr. Shonkoff.
To learn more about Global Action Week, please visit: http://www.globalactionweek.org


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MSC is delighted to be sponsoring the JOC Container Trade Europe Conference this Autumn.
Considered one of the most significant trade events in the calendar for container shipping and logistics professionals, the two-day conference attracts thousands of delegates from around the globe.
This year, MSC is to be a platinum sponsor, also participating in panel discussions led by JOC senior director, Peter Tirschwell.
The event, which takes place on Tuesday September 13th and Wednesday September 14th at the Sofitel Hamburg Alter Wall, includes presentations and discussions on such topics as Rate Agreement Strategies, Schedule Reliability, and Asia-Europe Container Rail.
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Claim Of Privilege
A Mysterious Plane Crash, A Landmark Supreme Cour
Release Date: 6/1/2009
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On October 6, 1948, a U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortress crashed soon after takeoff, killing three civilian engineers and six crew members. In June 1949, the engineers' widows filed suit against the government, determined to find out what exactly had happened to their husbands and why the three civilians had been on board the airplane in the first place. But it was the dawn of the Cold War and the Air Force refused to hand over any documents, claiming they contained classified information. The legal battle ultimately reached the Supreme Court, which in 1953 handed down a landmark decision that would, in later years, enable the government to conceal gross negligence and misconduct, block troublesome litigation, and detain criminal suspects without due-process protections.
Claim of Privilege is a mesmerizing true account of a shameful incident and its lasting impact on our nation—the gripping story of a courageous fight to right a past wrong and a powerful indictment of governmental abuse in the name of national security.
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It was reported today that mogul Bethenny Frankel's recent dramatic tale of being lost at sea was not so dramatic at all. In fact it didn't really happen even though Bethenny told any media outlet that would listen that it went down that way. The man who "rescued" the reality star and her husband last month after their boat supposedly broke down near Nantucket now says it was all scripted for her Bravo show, Bethenny Ever After. Is this a career killer for Bethenny? More


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How To: Make a Window Box
Amp up your home's curb appeal with a flower-filled window box that you can make yourself.
A window box can add enormous curb appeal to a house and provide a garden opportunity for even city dwellers. And, they are easy to make. Just follow this simple summer DIY tutorial to deck your sills with beautiful summer blooms this weekend.
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– Tape measure
– Pencil
– Carpenter's square
– Handsaw or power saw
– Sandpaper
– Tack cloth
– Power drill with 11/64inch, 1/2inch, and carbidetipped bits
– Screwdriver
– Hammer
– Safety goggles
– 1×8 or 1×10 redwood or cedar stock
– 1×2 decorative molding (optional)
– Wood glue
– 11/4inch brass or stainless steel flathead wood screws
– Miter box and saw (optional)
– 6penny brass or stainless steel finishing nails
– Exterior grade primer and paint
– Paintbrushes
– Heavyduty brackets (optional)
– 2-inch brass or stainless steel flathead screws, or 2-inch lag screws with lead masonry anchors
1. Measure the inside width of the window frame. Using a carpenters' square, measure and mark one board to this measurement, and two boards to this measurement plus 1½ inches, then cut them with a handsaw or a power saw. For the side pieces, measure and cut two pieces of board equal to the width of the stock. Use sandpaper to smooth the cut edges, wiping off dust with a tack cloth.
2. Adjoin the pieces together with simple butt joints. Align the edge bottom of the front of the box along one edge of the bottom, edges flush. Mark and drill 1/16-inch holes through the face of the front board at each end and about every 4 inches all along the joint line about 3/8-inch from the edge of the board. Set the board into place, mark the screw holes on the bottom board, and drill starter holes into the board edge at the marked points. Repeat for the back and side pieces.
3. Apply glue to the front edge of the bottom board and set the front board into place, edges flush. Secure the joint with 1 1/4-inch brass or stainless steel flathead wood screws through the predrilled holes. Repeat for back and sides.
4. If desired, add strips of molding across the front and around the sides, cutting to allow for mitered corners at the ends of the front and two side strips. Glue the strips to the front and sides and hammer in penny brass or stainless steel finishing nails about 4 inches apart all around.
5. Drill a series of ½-inch-diameter weep holes every 4 inches along the center of the bottom board to prevent water logging.
6. Prime and paint the inside and outside of the box with two coats of primer and two coats of exterior grade paint, letting dry between coats.
• You can attach the window box using several different methods. One option is to drill holes into the siding or brick and use heavy-duty deck screws to attach the box directly to the area directly under the windowsill. Or you can use window box brackets or try a cleatless system, which eases water damage issues. To fasten the box to a brick or concrete-block wall, use 2-inch lag screws with lead masonry anchors. Wearing safety goggles, drill holes for the anchors with a power drill and a carbide-tipped masonry bit; insert the anchors and then drive the screws in flush with the wall surface.
• To extend the life of the window box, add soil and plants to a window box liner rather than placing them directly into the box.
For more on window boxes, visit our slideshow: Window Boxes That Raise the Bar
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With fair weather having arrived finally, it's time to turn your home improvement efforts to the backyard and your deck, porch, or patio—the parts of the home built specifically to enjoy the extra hours of sunlight. Guided by these practical pointers and inspiring ideas, you can introduce beauty, comfort, and utility to your backyard and outdoor living areas, making them as inviting and enjoyable as your home interiors.


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WaterTower Theatre's launch party for its upcoming Pride series of plays, set for Thursday at Station 4, has been postponed "due to circumstances beyond our control," according to Greg Patterson, the director of development and marketing for the company. The event will be rescheduled for September and will include live performances of scenes from the upcoming musical Spring Awakening.
The Addison theater has a reputation for high-quality productions, often with serious themes (including gay issues) in regional premieres like Take Me Out and the upcoming August: Osage County, as well as the Out of the Loop Fringe Festival every spring.


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There are 366 major metropolitan areas in the United States, and a comprehensive new study by the Chronicle of Philanthropy ranks them on the basis of generosity — the percentage of income the median household in each city gives to charity. According to the Chronicle, the most generous city in America is Provo, Utah, where residents typically give away 13.9 percent of their discretionary income. Boston, by contrast, ranks No. 358: In New England's leading city, the median household donates just 2.9 percent of its income to charity.
Provo's generosity is typical for its region. Of the 10 most generous cities in America, according to the Chronicle's calculations, six are in Utah and Idaho. Boston's tight-fistedness is typical too: Of the 10 stingy cities at the bottom of the list, eight are in New England — including Springfield (No. 363) and Worcester (No. 364).
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